#depending on if ALBW Link is the same guy

[respheal]

For the Hero of Legend's sake, I kinda hope Echoes of Wisdom takes place in a completely different era. Give that man a BREAK.

[skyward-floored]

You know every time I think about legend I always feel like that albw/tfh and attp/oracle/la should've been separate. Now I don't care that much about it, it's skill issue on my part, I should've just learned how to draw then made the linked universe first if I wanted them to be separate. Now contradicting what I just claimed, what's you're opinion on that take. I'm not sure if it's a hot take or not (probably not because else no one cares enough to have a opinion on this) but it would be nice to hear another's opinion on this.

(side question, I'm very new to LU so I'd like to know what are some good places to like start, or what ever the adjacent to a start be)

Well, for lu, it’s just an AU that someone made up, so its not my place to tell the creator she should have done something different. I mean, you all wouldn’t come up to me and go “I don’t like how you made Warriors and Sky the other Link’s uncles in the Incredibles au so I don’t think that they are. They’re their brothers now.” Like... that would be rude. And not that you’re doing that! I’m just blabbing, sorry.

Anywho, there is some reasoning for making Legend a combination of so many Links, and it’s touched on very minorly here I believe. It would maybe make more sense for him to be separate people, but honestly I think it’s interesting to have him as one guy. Leads to some fun things.

In a general legend of Zelda sense, I tend to think of alttp/la/oos/ooa all being the same Link, while albw/tfh is a different hero a couple centuries later. That’s what the timeline says anyway, and I usually stick with that (I’m boring lol). But I’ve seen people who have the oracle games Link as a completely separate guy, and that’s interesting too! It all depends on how people take things.

As for your side note, yes there’s a good place to start!

The @linkeduniverse blog has everything of course if you just want to look around. There’s the Archive, (where you can find everything) and linkeduniverse 101 (that has frequently asked questions (everyone always forgets about it lol)) as well, but if you’re looking for the “start” of the comic, I would begin here, at deep shadows pt.1 As has been said many times, linkeduniverse started as a bunch of doodles and one-off things, so this is as close to an official start as it gets.

Happy reading!

[pocketramblr]

I haven't gotten to Legend's games yet so I don't know if him being Zelda's twin is fanon or canon but it gave me the most hilarious idwa of Some Noble sending the local hero (aka. our Legend) to find the royal heir (you can bet he things the boy will be easier to manipulate than Zelda), maybe in exchange for a full pardon. Fun oneshot if L and Z are aware and decide to mess with the noble, fun twist if he only finds out during the adventure.

The status of Legend and Zelda's possible siblinghood is fascinating and will completely depend on what device you play the game on*

But anyway that would be a hilarious if Zelda has to deal with another plotting usurper, only to hear him say he's looking for the lost prince of Hyrule while looking Link in the eye. Not only the one who stopped the last usurper and completely on her side, but also the prince who would rather stay lost. The kids deserve some fun, let em mess with the guy

*so... You opened a pocket ramble. Spoilers for different versions of the same game to follow, ignore this paragraph if you don't want them. Link's Uncle has different versions of his words to ALTTP Link before the adventure depending on what device the game was made for. Some hint more strongly at Zelda and Link being siblings, some don't. It's never stated outright, he never completes the sentence. The options are "Zelda is your...", (Sister? Queen? Duty? Soulmate? Betrothed?), "You are the princess's..." (Only hope? Brother? Destined hero? Last guard?) Or, no words near that at all. "Our people are fated to rescue the princess" (could be a reference to them being in the family the Knights of Hyrule come from and/or being descended from a past hero). So, some of these hint more than others. To my knowledge, there's one manga adaptation that casts Link and Zelda as half siblings, but that was an early adaptation of the first LoZ game and is soooo super not canon. Then you have to remember that Legend is a combined version of two Links- ALTTP hints at possible siblinghood, ALBW very much does not. So it's up to each fan how they want to interpret and use it. Unfortunately, I've seen people convinced fully one way or the other be very rude to people who use the other headcanon :( please don't do that y'all